The controversy ignited by the allegations of preferential treatment given to Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, is yet to end, as the investigation panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, August 11, probed the veracity of the claim. At the Independent Investigative Panel on the alleged corruption,…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened to embark on nationwide protests if the governors of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi states do not reverse their decision to close down schools for five weeks for the Ramadan fast within 72 hours. NANS, in a statement on Monday by its National Public Relations Officer, Samson…
The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee during plenary, outlining the conditions that must be met before any state creation…
Gunmen have beheaded a couple in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. Jacob Udo and his wife, Comfort, were attacked and beheaded by the hoodlums in their residence. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred on Tuesday night in Isiala Community in the local government area. The hoodlums were said to have dismembered…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his fourth wife, Olori Folashade, have welcomed their first child, a boy. Taking to social media on Tuesday, the Ooni posted a picture of him and the new mother, with the caption, “To God be the glory, great things he has done. “Hearty congratulations to the entire…
Media personality Shade Ladipo has publicly apologised to singer Tiwa Savage for her harsh words following the leak of Tiwa’s private video in 2021. Ladipo, on Instagram admitted that she judged Tiwa unfairly, stating she blamed the singer for the incident. However, after reflecting on her actions, Ladipo said she realised her reaction was misplaced…
Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, has alleged that his political opponents are planning to arrest, detain and torture him in a dungeon in the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). El-Rufai, however, vowed that he wouldn’t be intimidated by such threats. He said this in response to a warning from…
Spirit Emmanuel Chukwudi, the General Overseer of the King of Kings Deliverance Ministry, in Gbonum Ulepa Ntezi, Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has released a prophecy about the 2027 presidential election. Chukwudi said Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party would lose his shot at ever becoming Nigeria’s number one…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Friday notified its customers on an impending 16-days outage. It attributed the outage to power interruption owing to FCDA relocating the 33KV DC Airport Feeder and 132KV Kukwaba-Apo Transmission Line Towers along the Outer Southern Expressway. According to the management in the “important announcement, “Please be informed that…
A 10-year-old boy, Tasi’u Abdullahi, was brutally murdered by his kidnappers at the Rikkos community in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Abdullahi was said to have been killed after his parents paid N150,000 as part of the ransom demanded. His lifeless body was however discovered in a sack on Friday near…
